Project description

Ever have a pile of data (stored as JSON objects) that you want to
quickly visualize and scroll through?
Here’s a simple package that will let you do just that.
Fex just needs your data and (optionally) an HTML template file that
specifies how to render that single object.

Running fex view will launch a web server that visualizes each of
these objects using a template rendered with Jinja.
Fex provides a default visualization is already prettier than staring
at JSON:

The real power of Fex comes from being able to quickly hack a template
that you find more useful. For example, the above data represents a chat
transcript and it would be much nicer to visualize it as such.
To do so, first run fex init, which will copy over a template.html
file that you can edit. Using the example template
produces the following result:

Nice!

Notice the navbar at the top allows you to quickly toggle through input.

Frequently asked questions

Q: Can I use paths that are not data.jsonl or template.html?

A: Yes! Use the options -i or --input to specify the data file
and -t or --template to specify the template file: fex view -i
mydata.jsonl -t mytemplate.html.